Buffer for street-cars.



P. M. KLING.

No. 660,903. Patented Oct. 30, 1900.

BUFFER FOB STREET CARS.

(Application filed June 11. 1900.)

(No Model.)

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PETER M. KLING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BU EFER FOR STREET-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,903, dated October 30, 1900.

Application filed June 11, 1900- Serial No. 19,851. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER M. KLING, acitizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buffers for Street-Oars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved buffer for street-cars; and it consists in features of noveltyhereinafterfullydescribed,and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is a side View showing part of a street-car with my improved buffer applied. Fig. II is a top or planview showing the end timber or dead-wood of a car with the buffer applied. Fig. III is a perspective View of the center bracket attached to the buffer. Fig. IV is a perspective view of one of the end brackets. Fig. V is a perspective view of one of the brackets that are connected to the end timber. Fig. VI is a detail vertical section taken on line VI VI, Figl II.

I represents part of a streetcar, and 2 the usual end timber or dead-wood of the car.

3 represents the buffer, which is made in channelbar shape, with the channel presented inwardly.

Secured to the central part of the inner face of the vertical wall of the buffer by rivets or bolts is a bracket 4, (see Fig. 111,) which has U-shaped perforated loops or bends 5 to receive bolts 6, the other ends of which pass through brackets 7, (see Figs. II and V1,) that are secured tothe under side of the timber 2. Surrounding the bolts 6, bet-ween the brackets and 7, are coiled springs 8.

Secured to each end of the buifer 3, on the inner side of its vertical wall, is a bracket 9, (see Fig. IV,) each of these brackets having a perforated portion 10 to receive a bolt 11, the other end of which passes through a bracket 12, (see Fig. V,) secured to theunder side of the timber 2. Surrounding the bolts 11, between the brackets 12 and the portions 10 of the brackets 9, are coiled springs 13.

It will be observed that the bufier is located beneath the plane of the timber 2 so that its movement is not interfered with by the timber, and in the event of the buifer coming against an object the springs allow it to yield to deaden the shock.

I claim as my invention- In a street-car, in combination with the timber 2, a bufier consisting of a channel-bar,

a bracket 4. having perforated U-shaped portions 5 secured to the central part of the buffer, brackets 9 having perforated portions 10 and secured to the ends of the buffer, brackets 7 and 12 secured to the under side of the timber 2, bolts connecting the brackets on the buffer to thebrackets on the timber, and springs surrounding said bolts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

PETER M. KLING. In presence of-- E. S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH. 

